Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FI-NAN'CES
FI-NAN'CES, n. [plur.]
- Revenue; funds in the public treasury, or accruing to it; public resources of money. The finances of the king or government were in a low condition. The finances were exhausted.
- The income or resources of individuals. [But the word is most properly applicable to public revenue.]
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